Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Green was born on 22 May 1845, in Madison, Alabama, United States, her father, Martin K Green, was 27 and her mother, Angelina Hamer, was 29. She married Joseph Francis "Frank" Craft on 4 September 1892. She lived in Eastern Division, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Owens Cross Roads, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 9 February 1917, in Madison, Alabama, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Owens Cross Roads, Madison, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Mary Green in household of Martin Green, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Jane Craft, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Mary J Craft, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.
Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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